general caw sky to be the new fcc chief, and joining us to talk about that, andrew feinberg and fawn johnson of dow jones news wire. mr. feinberg, before we review the hearing itself, give us a little background on julius genachowski. >> guest: well, the guy's been everywhere. he's been at the fcc, he's been in the private sector on both the entertainment side, he's been with venture capitalists actually right here in washington with launch box digital which is a d.c.-based start-up incubator, and he's sort of been a tech con cigly yea to the obama campaign all the way through, and now he's probably going to be our next fcc chairman barring anything horrible or strange. >> host: fawn johnson, given his background what do we know about him now, and where do you think he'll take the fcc? >> guest: well, we know he's passionate about the internet, and this comes from the obama presidential campaign. he was one of the early supporters of obama. he was actually one of the first to bring the telecom community around him in supporting him. he brought people in who have never given money to a presid

to talk about that this week on the communicators, andrew fine virga broadband census.org and fawn johnson of dow jones newswires. mr. feinberg, before we had reviewed the hearing itself, give us a little background on julius genachowski. >> guest: the guy has been everywhere. he is than that the fcc. he has been in the private sector on both the entertainment side. he has been a venture capitalist, actually weisser in washington with a d.c.-based start of incubator and he served-- sort have been a tech and city terry to the obama campaign all the way through. he is on the advisory committee, and now he is probably going to be our next sec chairman, barring anything horrible or strange. >> host: phone johnson, given his background what we know about him now and where do you think he will take the fcc? >> guest: we know he is passionate about the internet and this comes from the obama presidential campaign. he was one of the early supporters of obama. he was actually when the first to bring the telecom community around him in supporting him. he brought people in who have never given money t

. >> host: and, fawn johnson, you mentioned earlier that the room was full of lobbyists. lots of lobbyists? >> guest: lots of lobbyists. >> host: from all aspects of the industry? >> guest: the thing you remember is this is the guy who's going to be dictating our future for the next 4, 5, 8 years maybe? who knows. so it's very important to the industry to have representatives in the room, and when i showed up at the hearing, the line was snaking down two flights of stairs with, you know, various people from, you know, any, you know, the major companies and the major lobbying firm who represent them. it makes sense, you know. these people who are confirmed to be commissioners of the fcc have a lot of power with industry, congress doesn't want to get involved in the regulations, and so they need to develop a good relationship with julius genachowski, and this is how they show that they care. >> host: well, our guests have been fawn johnson with dow jones news wires and andrew feinberg of broadband census.com. we've been discussing the nomination of julius genachowski to be

and fawn johnson, what the f.c.c. would look like under a new chairman monday at 8:00 on c pan 2. . communicators." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome jon- christopher bua, white house correspondent for british television. tony blankley is here for the summer. [laughter] what is next for iran? what is next for iran? guest: this is a moment where the years of history are changing. where it will go into high gear, or out -- not to get lost in a metaphor, but i do not think that the iranian relationship to the people will be the same, even if the regime old son. -- holds on. this is potentially a transition moment for the iranian people. host: you posted on your blog, the world is watching. guest: these protests have gone from protesting election results to protesting the behavior of the supreme leader. the entire region, going into dangerous waters, that is where the rubber is meeting the road. although it is getting less measured as the days go on. host: you wrote in your blog that it would be like a conservative candidate swamping bellcore in all for a liber

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. >> our guests have been fawn johnson and andrew feinberg . we have been discussing the nomination of julia's chenakowski. -- julius chenakowski. when will the vote happen? >> it could happen before the july 4 recess. it only takes one senator. that has been the plan, at least the committee -- we will have to wait and see. we are still waiting on that. >> you can watch the full hearing if you like on c- span.org. thank you both for being on "the communicator's." >> tomorrow on "washington journal." it look at iran and the health care debate with tony blankley and jon-christopher bua fro "sky news." and later, a look at the cover story in harper's magazine, "barack hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again." this week on c-span's "newsmakers." pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress.

. >> host: our guest for the last half-hour have been fawn johnson with doug jones newswires and andrew feinberg of broadband census.com. we have been discussing the nomination of julius genachowski to be the next year of the fcc. when will the vote happen? if it hasn't already? >> guest: it could happen before the july 4th recess. there are things that could stop it obviously. it only takes one senator. that is in the plan. we will have to wait and see. we expect other nominees to go forward a lot more quickly and then they have got held up so we are still waiting on that one. >> host: you can watch the full herring if you want at c-span.org. thank you both for being on the communicators. >> guest: you are welcome. steve opnet veering gain reregulating oh mcandrew this. witnesses include mary schapiro, a securities and exchange commission, officials from regulatory agencies have had read that trading organizations for zilpha this is celestin 2-1/2 hours. >> let me call the hearing to order. i want to thank all of our witnesses for joining us this afternoon, and i am particularly happy

>> for those of you who don't know, fawn johnson of dow jones. a question on the 35 stations that will go dark after june june 12th. do we know who they are, what company, especially the one that is going into bankruptcy, which company that is coming any detail about those? >> i am sure we know that. i don't personally know that. >> somebody must know. >> yes, we do have that information and actually some of it is indicated on our master list but i think for everybody's convenience what we are going to be doing is posting a full list of the 35. >> i don't think we need to go through here. >> i just want to let you know we would be posting nasa you'll be able to see that. >> you said there were 18 of those stations are owned by a single company going into bankruptcy, and the rest are going dark because of technical reasons? >> 18 of them have financial reasons. i believe 17 of those are one particular company. 16 of them are construction issues that will be resolved i believe by the end of the year. some of them a lot sooner, and one of them has a

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